les

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See also Les, LES, lës, leş, leš, lés, lès, and -les-

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[edit] English

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[edit] Noun

les (plural leses)

  1. (slang, colloquial) Short form of lesbian

[edit] Adjective

les (comparative more les, superlative most les)

  1. (slang, colloquial) Short form of lesbian

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les

  1. Nominative feminine plural definite article
  2. Oblique feminine plural definite article
  3. Oblique masculine plural definite article

[edit] Asturian

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les f. pl. (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, masculine plural los)

  1. (definite) the

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin illas, from ille.

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les f. pl. (masculine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)

  1. the; feminine plural definite article

[edit] Pronoun

les (enclitic and proclitic)

  1. them (feminine, direct object)

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Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi2 em, m' -me, 'm em, m' -me, 'm meu
2nd person tu et, t' -te, 't et, t' -te, 't teu
2nd person formal4 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person  very formal1 vostè el, l' -lo, 'l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l' -lo, 'l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l'3 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s' -se, 's es, s' -se, 's seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, 'ns ens -nos, 'ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal1 vostès els -los, 'ls els -los, 'ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, 'ls els -los, 'ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, 'ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s' -se, 's es, s' -se, 's seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n' -ne, 'n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person.
2) Only as object of a preposition.		 3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

[edit] Czech

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

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[edit] Noun

les m.

  1. forest

[edit] Declension

    declension of les
singular plural
nominative les lesy
genitive lesa lesů
dative lesu lesům
accusative les lesy
vocative lese lesy
locative lese lesích
instrumental lesem lesy

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les c.

  1. genitive singular indefinite of le

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les f. (plural lessen, diminutive lesje)

  1. course, lesson

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les

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lessen.
  2. imperative of lessen.

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Old French les, from Latin illos, which is the accusative plural of ille.[1]

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les

  1. plural of le The.
  2. plural of la The.

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les

  1. plural of le Them.
  2. plural of la Them.
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French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Reflexive Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Locative
(at)		 Genitive
(of)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j' me, m' — — moi
Second — tu, t' te, t' — — toi
Third Masculine il se, s' le, l' lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l' elle
— on — — — — soi
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous vous — — vous
Third Masculine ils se, s' les leur y en eux
Feminine elles elles

[edit] References

  1. ^ 1964, Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand, “le, la, les”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse:

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les

  1. second-person singular present indicative of ler

[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈlɛʃ/

[edit] Noun

les (plural lesek)

  1. (soccer) offside

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les

  1. spy
  2. stare, goggle
  3. cheat at a test by looking at someone else's work

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Noun

les n. (genitive singular less, plural les)

  1. (linguistics) a lexeme; (set of inflected forms taken by a single word)
  2. (computing) a lexeme; an individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis

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[edit] Verb

les

  1. the first person singular form (“I read”) of lesa (“to read”)
    Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.
    I read a lot of German books.
  2. the third person singular form (“he/it/she reads”) of lesa (“to read”)
    Pálmi les alltaf sömu söguna, þótt hann eigi margar bækur.
    Pálmi always reads the same story, even though he has many books.

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Pronoun

les

  1. (dative) to them

[edit] Usage notes

  • Precedes conjugated verbs.
  • Can be of mixed gender (not just masculine).

[edit] Middle French

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les m. and f. pl. (masculine singular le, feminine singular la)

  1. the

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[edit] Old French

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les

  1. the (feminine plural oblique definite article)
  2. the (feminine plural nominative definite article)
  3. the (masculine plural oblique definite article)

[edit] Inflection

Declension of the definite article le
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative li la, le 1 li les
oblique le 1 la 1 les les
1 These singular forms elide to l' before a vowel or non-aspirate h.

[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Etymology

From Bengali.

[edit] Noun

les

  1. tail

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ (“tree, forest”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /lêːs/

[edit] Noun

lȇs m. (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)

  1. coffin
  2. (regionally) lumber
  3. (regionally) forest, woods

[edit] Declension

    declension of les
singular plural
nominative lȇs lésovi
genitive lesa lésōvā
dative lesu lesovima
accusative les lesove
vocative lese lesovi
locative lesu lesovima
instrumental lesom lesovima

[edit] Slovak

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

[edit] Noun

les m. (plural lesy, stem les, genitive singular lesa)

  1. forest

[edit] Declension

Declension pattern dub

[edit] Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia sl

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

[edit] Noun

les m.

  1. wood (substance, timber)


This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at wood. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see les in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin illis, dative plural of ille.

[edit] Pronoun

les

  1. dative form of ellos; to them
  2. dative form of ustedes; for them
  3. dative form of los; to you guys
  4. dative form of las; for you guys

[edit] See also

    Spanish pronouns

First person:

Second person:

Third person:

Demonstrative:
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